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Marie Connect: Reaching out to rural Nigerian communities with Family Planning services
13 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Marie Connect: Reaching out to rural Nigerian communities with Family Planning services

Editor’s Note: This week the FP2020 Summit took place in London to discuss efforts to reach the Family Planning 2020 goals and ensure that more...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 7th July 2017
07 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 7th July 2017

Executive Secretary of NHIS suspended. Japan donates 31 ambulances to Nigerian health institutions. FG adopts WHO guidelines for multidrug-resistant TB. EU, UNICEF to upgrade 162 healthcare centres in...

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The emergence of a vibrant health-tech ecosystem in Nigeria
06 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
The emergence of a vibrant health-tech ecosystem in Nigeria

Editor’s Note: This week’s Thought Leadership article is by Ugonna Ofonagoro, Research Analyst at EpiAFRIC, a public health consultancy firm. She writes about the hackathon...

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Field epidemiologists gather for ‘One Health’
04 Jul
By Nigeria Health Watch
Field epidemiologists gather for ‘One Health’

For three days in July – 5th to 7th – at the Abuja Transcorp Hilton Hotel, epidemiologists from across Nigeria and beyond would gather to...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 30 July 2017
30 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 30 July 2017

With 1,166 deaths, Nigerian govt formally declares meningitis outbreak over‎. Osinbajo approves appointment of 14 heads of tertiary health institutions. Health insurance: FG calls for scrapping of...

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Are HMOs needed in Nigeria? Public hearing scrutinizes their existence
29 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Are HMOs needed in Nigeria? Public hearing scrutinizes their existence

Last week, the House of Representatives Committee on Healthcare Services held a 2-day investigative public hearing aimed at achieving three key objectives: To investigate the...

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Nigerian healthcare awards celebrate Akinsete, Ohuabunwa, GE , Lagoon Hospitals, SaferMom, AKTH, Medplus, Nordica and others
29 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Nigerian healthcare awards celebrate Akinsete, Ohuabunwa, GE , Lagoon Hospitals, SaferMom, AKTH, Medplus, Nordica and others

The Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award (NHEA) in a well-attended and glamourous ceremony in Lagos celebrated key stakeholders in the Nigeria healthcare sector. Professor Ibironke Akinsete...

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Latest Meningitis outbreak over in Nigeria; Enhanced surveillance continues
25 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Latest Meningitis outbreak over in Nigeria; Enhanced surveillance continues

With the decline in Meningitis cases, the 2016/2017 Meningitis outbreak is over and the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) responding to the epidemic has been stepped...

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 23rd June 2017
23 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Top Ten News Items on Health, 23rd June 2017

Nigerian govt. introduces free treatment for all HIV patients. Minister Wants HMOs Scrapped over Alleged Mismanagement of N531bn. Nigeria, Germany seal N3.5bn polio aid deal. Nigeria successfully completes...

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Nigeria successfully completes Joint External  Evaluation of International Health Regulations
22 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
Nigeria successfully completes Joint External Evaluation of International Health Regulations

Nigeria has made commendable progress in fulfilling the requirements of the International Health Regulations (IHR). This is the verdict of the 7-day Joint External Evaluation...

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NCDC/NFELTP Conference 5th – 7th July 2017, Abuja: How training “disease detectives” can help Nigeria better prevent epidemics
21 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
NCDC/NFELTP Conference 5th – 7th July 2017, Abuja: How training “disease detectives” can help Nigeria better prevent epidemics

In the wake of the Ebola and Lassa Fever outbreaks in Nigeria and the larger West African region, the work of “public health disease detectives”...

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World Blood Donor Day 2017: Youth who save lives in Kaduna, Northern Nigeria By Dr. Nafisa Abdu
20 Jun
By Nigeria Health Watch
World Blood Donor Day 2017: Youth who save lives in Kaduna, Northern Nigeria By Dr. Nafisa Abdu

Eight months pregnant, 21-year-old Suwaiba Isah got seriously ill and was taken to Yusuf Dan Tsoho Specialist hospital in Kaduna. Suwaiba was suffering from Anaemia...

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